Example sentences of "[pron] as [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the sort of situation which leads to our distinguishing ‘ ourselves as we feel ourselves to be ’ and ‘ ourselves as we are to others ’ . |
| 2 | ‘ Remember one thing ! ’ he said angrily , only just controlling himself as he held her by the shoulders . |
| 3 | She was smiling to herself as she let herself into her kitchen by the back door . |
| 4 | Educated at home , she in turn taught her younger brothers and sisters , which irked her as it prevented her from pursuing her own studies . |
| 5 | He knelt easily , powerful arms moving smoothly with the paddle , his face , in profile to her as he studied something on shore , rugged and uncaring . |
| 6 | ‘ With your colouring , you should wear that shade of green more often , ’ he told her as he ushered her into the dove-grey Daimler . |
| 7 | Fran flushed even more , trying to draw away , but he would n't let her as he curled her to him and held her tightly until the ache subsided . |
| 8 | When she dared to look up she found herself gazing into burning dark eyes , and when she could n't look away , Alain brought her closer , his arms closing round her as he crushed her against his strength . |
| 9 | She arched against him , unable to control the flames of desire leaping within her , then a gasp escaped her as he swept her into his arms and carried her to the double bed in her aunt 's room . |
| 10 | Instead , his arm tightened round her as he drew her towards him . |
| 11 | ‘ You are going nowhere at all , ’ he assured her grimly , looking down at her as he sat her on the bed , her legs on top of the sheets , and she was too busy trying to make sure she did n't faint to consider how she looked . |
| 12 | Ronni felt her blood leap and burn within her as he held it for a moment , squeezing gently , then , almost as though the gesture was an afterthought , allowing his thumb to graze lightly against the burning peak . |
| 13 | Carrie had her back to him as she busied herself by the fire . |
| 14 | They made respectful way for him as he led me through the village to a longhouse standing apart from the others . |
| 15 | Juliet stood staring at him as he made it to the kitchen chair . |
| 16 | Luke Calder sat down on the settee , pulling Fran down next to him as he favoured her with a smile that would have made a lesser woman fall in a grateful little heap at his feet . |
| 17 | When Luke moved her back towards one of the couches , she complied mindlessly , letting him pull her down with him and turning in towards him as he drew her across him , supporting her with one arm while his free hand curved round her , instinct or experience guiding him to the concealed zip of her simple dress . |
| 18 | To her surprise he took her arm , his hand under her elbow , forcing her to place her weight firmly on him as he helped her to her seat . |
| 19 | Helen and Edward now met frequently on the Common , and she visited her father 's grave with him as he tended it with wild flowers . |
| 20 | ‘ In that case , ’ Maggie said happily , snuggling against him as he put her in the car and came to sit beside her , ‘ I wo n't argue . ’ |
| 21 | He held out his hand and she gave it to him , watching him as he put it to his lips , her eyes fixed in an almost mesmerised stare . |
| 22 | ‘ Look — er — this is all … well , it 's all quite ridiculous , ’ she told him as he issued her into the apartment . |
| 23 | But we must n't blame philosophers if they tell it as they see it with the aid of their philosophical telescopes and microscopes . |
| 24 | The easiest way to do this is to do it as you enter it by typing @NOW and then pressing F9 , the recalculate key before you transfer the entry into the cell by pressing Enter . |
| 25 | Frankie calls it as he sees it about the moral and social decay of contemporary Britain without ever sounding like someone whose grasp of the issues extends no further than memorizing a snappy slogan . |
| 26 | I shall repeat it as he works it for adults and then suggest how it might be adapted for children . |
| 27 | Somehow he had pulled free the phosphorus grenade , detonating it as he held it against the stinking flesh of the mercifully unseen horror that was ripping him apart . |
| 28 | Her hands rested on it as she surveyed me with calm enquiry . |
| 29 | The atmosphere was slightly chilly but she scarcely seemed to notice it as she sat herself at Ward 's desk . |
| 30 | So this song sort of sprang to mind and I could hear it as I wanted it to be and I could also hear a few little modifications that would suit their purposes , too . |